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  1. sprinkle2013

    5 breezeway sprinklers

    I have a 13R design apartment building with an open unconditioned breezeway that is open from the front of the building to the back of the building. Are the 5 most remote dry sprinklers still to be calculated or can it be 4 most demanding for a light hazard area? The breezeway is less than 75'...
  2. sprinkle2013

    Fire Pump drains

    Do fire Pumps have to drain to the sewer or storm drain
  3. sprinkle2013

    C-Factors for Galvanized pipe

    For a dry system using galvanized piping in nfpa 2007 13 edition is it required to have 120 or 100 c-factor? Also is there anything in nfpa 2010 that also requires the use of 100 c-factor for galvanized piping?
  4. sprinkle2013

    extended coverage start?

    What constitutes extended coverage? If I were using a residential 4.9 sprinkler in a corridor under NFPA 2007 13 11.2.3.3.6 specifies or when extended coverage sprinklers are used. Where does the extended start, 16'x16' , 20'x20'? What's standard 14'x14' spacing?
  5. sprinkle2013

    Residential sprinklers

    In a 13r design with residential heads in a heated corridor outside the dwelling units, would I have to calculate 5 heads at a .10 density? Is there anything that allows the use of .05 density?
  6. sprinkle2013

    NFPA 13 storage

    The closets range from 60sqft to40 sqft
  7. sprinkle2013

    NFPA 13 storage

    Would they still have 1HR rating if these residential storage closets are less than 100SqFt?
  8. sprinkle2013

    NFPA 13 storage

    I have a 13r system design with a group of small 13 residential storage closets in the middle of the building. How to I calculate these closets? These storage closets do not have rated walls separating them and no self closing hinges and have a ceiling height of 9'-0". Do I have to calculate...

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